Registration:
Before attending the Club, a completed registration form and fee of £10.00 per child (from Sept 18)should have been received by the Administrator (school office). This represents acceptance of the Club rules and is an annual requirement for each child in September (or when a place becomes available).

Fees:
The fees are £4.00 for each morning session with a breakfast or £3.00 without breakfast and £4.00 for the first hour, £ 3.50 second hour and £ 2.00 last 30 minutes in the evenings. This is payable in advance on a Friday the week before you use Primetime. Late bookings are charged at an extra 50p per session per child with a payment of £5 after 6pm.

For children who are not collected at the end of school and not booked into Primetime their parents will be contacted and sent to our Prime Time Club at the late booking rate.

Sickness & Accidents:
If a child becomes ill during a Club session, every attempt will be made to contact a parent or carer (listed on the Registration Form) to arrange collection of the sick child. The child will be cared for until collected. In case of a minor accident, basic First Aid will be administered. In the case of an accident requiring more than basic First Aid, every attempt will be made to contact the parent/carer to advise or discuss the action to be taken. An accident book will be maintained.

Morning Routine & Activities:
Upon arrival, the children leave their belongings in the cloakroom and are walked to the relevant room to be registered. The parent/carer must sign their child in.

Morning Prime Time focuses on quiet play preparing the children for their day in school. It is organised so that the children can choose from a range of activities.

Evening Routine & Activities:
Upon arrival the children will be given a drink and light snack. Following this, a range of activities are available and the children can choose what they wish to do. Examples of the sorts of activities are:

Craft e.g. mask making, papier-mache, painting

Board Games & Puzzles

Snooker/Football Table

Dressing Up and other role play activities

Construction e.g. Lego, K’nex

Games and Sports, Outdoor activities in appropriate weather.

Homework club (Years 3-6)

Children may be collected by the parent/carer or a designated person 16 years and over with the designated password and must be signed out of the club.

Homework Club - Prime Time
Children in year 3, 4, 5 and 6 are able to attend Homework Club for the first hour. This will take place in the Computer suite to work with a member of staff, either Miss Tyrrell or Mrs Williams.

The Prime Time Care Scheme provides good quality childcare in a relaxed friendly environment, in a classroom at The Hills Academy. It is managed by the School Business Manager and regulated by Ofsted Early Years Directorate, operating under the Children Act.

The Prime Time Care Scheme is committed to offering an equally accessible service to all families which respects the race, gender, religion and culture of each person using the service, and will endeavour, to the best of its ability, to cater for any special need or disability, in line with the Equal Opportunities Policy which operates in the Club.

The school policies and procedures cover such areas as accident and sickness procedures, health & safety and behaviour management, fire and child protection are available to be viewed at the school.

Any children attending The Hills Academy aged from their third to eleventh birthdays are eligible to attend the Club. (For more detailed information see the Admissions Policy).

Children will be supervised at all times by Club staff until they are collected by their parents or a named person 16 years and older. The Club works on a ratio of 1 member of staff for every 8 children.

All staff have been subject to Enhanced Criminal Record checks.

A Complaints Procedure exists, and in the first instance any complaint should be made to the School Business Manager, Mrs Sarah Dickson in the School Office in writing or in any other suitable form stating the name of the people involved, the relevant dates and the nature of the complaint. Further details regarding the policy can be found in the school's Complaints Policy.